My F-List is Not Human
Within 36 hours of release, at least 7 people on my f-list have finished Harry Potter #7. The earliest recorded victory post goes to aoimidori, who I now suspect may actually be a robot. Meanwhile, Saturday's evening news showed a dozen kids who had just finished, and Amazon.com already has over 300 reviews.
For comparison, I will time myself reading the first chapter of "The Goblet of Fire."
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19m54s to read 13 pages = 92s per page. "Deathly Hallows" is 784 pages long, right? * 92 = about 20 hours. Or about a week in Kevin Standard Reading Time. In other words, I'm quite human. :)
Not sure why everyone reads Harry like it's a race or as if you had to submit a term paper about it the next day. I mean, JK's not going to fly through your window and put a quarter under your pillow for finishing in the Top 100. For me, the Potter books are meant to be savored, like the last cookie in a cookie jar. And if you ate all the other cookies to get to the last one, you're gonna feel pretty sick. At least I do when I read more than 3 hours straight of anything. ^_^
Sadly, while I managed to avoid most HP spoilers for years until my mom and a Kirby fansub (of all places!) revealed them, I may have seen a spoiler for #7 after clicking on the wrong Youtube video. Evil kids. Still, I hope the other 783 pages will still be entertaining. People don't read HP entirely for the twist (I hope.).
Anyway, I'm glad I lived to see the release of the final Harry, and I hope I'll live long enough to read them all. I think I'm going to avoid all the books and films till the last movie is out in 2010, then marathon through them all at once. I hate cliffhangers. ;)
Finally, a poll for those who have finished. It works as a book rater AND a head count. IM SAVING TEH ENVIRONMENTS!
Poll
For comparison, I will time myself reading the first chapter of "The Goblet of Fire."
.
.
.
.
.
.
19m54s to read 13 pages = 92s per page. "Deathly Hallows" is 784 pages long, right? * 92 = about 20 hours. Or about a week in Kevin Standard Reading Time. In other words, I'm quite human. :)
Not sure why everyone reads Harry like it's a race or as if you had to submit a term paper about it the next day. I mean, JK's not going to fly through your window and put a quarter under your pillow for finishing in the Top 100. For me, the Potter books are meant to be savored, like the last cookie in a cookie jar. And if you ate all the other cookies to get to the last one, you're gonna feel pretty sick. At least I do when I read more than 3 hours straight of anything. ^_^
Sadly, while I managed to avoid most HP spoilers for years until my mom and a Kirby fansub (of all places!) revealed them, I may have seen a spoiler for #7 after clicking on the wrong Youtube video. Evil kids. Still, I hope the other 783 pages will still be entertaining. People don't read HP entirely for the twist (I hope.).
Anyway, I'm glad I lived to see the release of the final Harry, and I hope I'll live long enough to read them all. I think I'm going to avoid all the books and films till the last movie is out in 2010, then marathon through them all at once. I hate cliffhangers. ;)
Finally, a poll for those who have finished. It works as a book rater AND a head count. IM SAVING TEH ENVIRONMENTS!
Poll